print email comment close Island of the Spirits URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/hokkaido/ Description: Website for this 1999 PBS Nova documentary "which leads viewers to Hokkaido, Japan, an otherworldly land of dense mountain forests, untamed creatures like the grizzly and wolf, and Japan's indigenous people, the Ainu." Features cover the origins of the Ainu, Ainu legends and beliefs (about animals such as the crane, the bear, and the flying squirrel), and animal migration. Publisher: WGBH; PBS Online Extra Keywords Public Broadcasting Service LII Database Information: Record 26284 created by Jennifer English on 06/09/2008 Last modification on 06/18/2008 Published: 06/19/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26284